3 months

Isabelle is 3 months old already. She's growing so fast. She loves sucking on her fists and talking to herself in the mirror. She's also discovered she can blow bubbles with her mouth and smack her tongue and lips to make sounds. She's very talkative now but still a horrible napper. Isabelle has been sleeping in her own room for the last couple of weeks now. We were hoping it would help her sleep better at night but its not working. She still gets up 2-3 times each night. Since I returned back to work Isabelle is getting use to being up at 6:30 -7:00 each morning which isn't very fun on my days off. We're loving watching her grown but wish that she's slow down a little bit. :)

HI HO HI HO BACK TO WORK I GO.

Today is my first day back to work since having Isabelle. I had a hard time last night thinking about leaving her while I go to work. For the past 10 weeks she has been my life, I've done nothing without her. Now I just drop her off and head to work. It sucks! I've been at work for an hour and I miss her terribly. On one hand it's kind of nice being back at work. I've missed the people that I work with and having some adult interaction. On the other hand I hate leaving Isabelle even though I know she's taken care of. Can't I just bring her to work with me? It would solve all the issues with coming back to work. To bad it doesn't work like that. :(

Catching up!

Ok there's so much to catch up on, might as well start at the beginning.

Last Sunday Isabelle was blessed at home with 49 people in attendance who love her. It was actually amazing trying to get everyone into our cute little house. I really liked blessing her at home, it was so nice to have the blessing and then right after eat some Delicious food. Jason gave her a very nice blessing, I know he was nervous but he did a great job. I want to say thank you to everyone who helped out in bringing food. It all tasted so good and it was so nice not to have to prepare it all or worry if there was enough. Thank you everyone who came, its obvious how much Isabelle is loved.

Courtney and Doug came up for Isabelle's blessing. It was so fun having them here. Poor little Preston got an ear infection and was pretty miserable the day before the blessing but he seemed to be doing better on Sunday. Drew is so funny and above is a picture of my dad doing some magic with him. He loves it when my dad does magic. He always wants to know how its done. Its so fun to watch his face light up when something "magical" happens.

Last Friday was my Birthday. I had lunch at Mimi's Cafe with my Great-Grandmother, Laveta, we share a birthday :). She's the cutest Grandma, I miss living with her. Then Jason took me shopping where I picked out some very cute new shirts. I love to shop and after having Izzy I definitely needed new clothes. Later we went to dinner with my parents and Braden and his wife Jayme. They took me to Typenaki, it was SO good. I love that place. A little pricey but so good.
Then this Sunday we celebrated my Birthday with Jason's family. They gave me all sorts of good stuff including gift cards for more clothes and hair and make-up products, Love it!

And last but not least. Last Monday our friends Curtis and Alicia had their little girl. We're so happy for them and glad that Isabelle will have a friend. Here is a picture of Isabelle next to baby Haidyn. I can't believe how much Isabelle has grown in only 10 weeks. She looks huge next to Haidyn. It makes me a little sad and I realized I need to cherish each stage of her life. She's growing way to fast.

2 months

Isabelle is 2 months old! She is getting to be so much fun! She smiles so much and she's talking up a storm. I cant wait until she starts laughing but I'll defanitly take all the smiles. I'm pretty sure she doesnt want to be a baby any more. She's always moving her arms and legs and she wants to sit up so bad. She's a pretty busy baby. She still doesn't have much hair but if she's anything like me she wont get hair until she's 10. She's in love with her hands right now. She sucks on them like crazy, its mostly her left hand but sometimes her right hand finds it way to her mouth as well.

Isabelle had her 2 month appointment and man is she growing. She grows so fast i cant believe she's not my little newborn baby I brought home just 2 months ago.

Here are her stats:

Weighs: 12 lbs 1 oz - 81%

Length: 22 1/2 inches

See what I mean about getting big. She's my little chunky monkey. She has so many rolls she look s like a popped pillsbury dough boy can. She sure is cute though, we like them on the chubby side. We're going to be blessing Isabelle this sunday so I'll post about all the fun of blessing our baby next week.

Road Trip

Almost 2 weeks ago my mom and I took Isabelle on her very first road trip. We went to see my sister and her cute family in Mesquite. Isabelle is actually a very good traveler, she slept almost the whole way. :)

It was so fun showing Isabelle off to them for the very first time. The all seemed to love her especially Drew. It was funny to see Drew with Isabelle. He would sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her and tell her "It's Ok" and rub her head when she would cry. Preston however wasn't to sure about her. He was definitely curious but I'm not sure if he was more curious about her or her bouncer. Preston would bounce her in her bouncer like she was headed for the moon. It was even better when Isabelle wasn't in the bouncer, Preston would take her place. Since Preston is just a bit heavier his bum would almost touch the ground. Then he would start bouncing in it and hit his behind on the ground and say "weeeeee" it was hilarious.

I enjoyed our little trip to Mesquite. Courtney and Doug's new home is so beautiful and the weather was awesome. We even got to go swimming. Ok so we didnt really swim, we sat in the hot tub but the weather was in the high 60's. I hope we get to go visit them more often since the live a lot closer now. Of course they're always welcome up here... Hint Hint... :)

A month old already!

1 month old!

Isabelle is a month old today!! Time is flying by, on one hand I feel like Isabelle has been a part of our lives for much longer than a month. Then again it feels like we just brought her home for the first time. She's been so much fun and also such a challenge. Being a mom is the best and hardest thing I've ever done and it's only been a month.

taking a nap with Dad

In her first month of life Isabelle has grown a ton. She's getting so chunky and cute. She's discovered her tongue, she smacks it against her lips and "chews" on it all the time. She's also started to "talk" to us a little bit. She's fights sleep, not at night thank heavens, but she doesn't like to take naps which makes her really cranky sometimes. She also is doing pretty well at holding her head up. We love her so much and cant wait to see her grow and hit all her milestones. She's absolutely the best thing in the whole world. We're not obsessed, I promise...Ok so maybe a little, alright a lot. That's ok though because we're the parents! ;)

our little BYU fan

2 Week Appointment

Today I took Isabelle in for her 2 week appointment and guess what....She's HUGE! She now weighs 8 lbs 8 oz and is 20 1/2 inches long. The doctor said that he's never, in his whole career, seen a baby who's breast feeding gain so much weight in 2 weeks. Obviously Isabelle isnt staving.

They pricked her heel for the PKU test and she didnt cry at all. She just sucked on her hand and then fussed when it didnt produce any milk. I cant believe she's already 2 weeks old. I better enjoy this time off with Isabelle, I'll be back to work before I know it. Sad! :(